My Journey With Grief
Today is my youngest son’s birthday. He would have been 26 years old today, and he died tragically two months before his 21st birthday. This …
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You’ve Got Some Nice Data
Regardless of your craft or art form, the best way to know you’re improving over time is to look back at something you did a …
Here Comes the Sun!
Well unless you live in a cave, you’ve probably heard that there is a total solar eclipse coming on August 21, 2017 and it’s going …
A Fathers Take on Fathers Day
If you will forgive a departure from topics astronomical and more… human. We are all human after all, and hey, it’s MY blog! I tend …
Winter Star Party 2015
This year was my 13th consecutive Winter Star Party, and the fourth year I’ve gone “officially” as a vendor representing Software Bisque. I like going …
Confessions of a Christmas Trash Scope
This blog is kind of a throwback in honor of the holidays. It was originally published in “Astronomy Technology Today” a few years ago, and …
The Case for Visual Observing
At most star parties you’ll find two groups of people. They don’t hang out together. There’s the visual crowd, and there are the imagers. The …
What’s in a Name?
A good friend of mine was telling me how her husband gives his musical instruments names, usually that of a woman. She asked if that …
PARI Star Party 2012
This years PARI Star Party was a great success. The PARI Star Party is a small star party I help organize that is held at …
Chiefland Star Party
I recently spent a week in Chiefland Florida at the annual Chiefland Fall Star Party. I have mixed feelings about the week. On the one …